What is included in cruelty under Divorce Laws Repetitive abuse or inhumane treatment constitutes cruelty or domestic violence. It can cause emotional harm through repeated intimidation, violent language, verbal abuse, or threats of harm. Cruelty refers to violent acts. However, a mere quarrel, petty outrageous behaviour or differences between the spouses do not come in the ambit of cruelty because...
Main contention raised in this appeal is that there is need to check the tendency to rope in all family members to settle a matrimonial dispute. Omnibus allegations against all relatives of the husband cannot be taken at face value when in normal course it may only be the husband or at best his parents who may be accused of...
Supreme Court of India Date of Judgement: 06.10.2016 FACTS OF THE CASE:- The reason for filing the divorce petition was that the wife had become cruel because of her highly suspicious nature and she used to level absolutely frivolous but serious allegations against Husband regarding his character and more particularly about his extra-marital relationship. Behaviour of the wife made life...
